Not a good fight

3:58 PM,
Oct. 17, 2013

Eugene Robinson

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Eugene Robinson
Columnist

President Obama's victory this week was as complete and devastating as Sherman's march through the South. But there is no early sign that the zealots of the anti-government far right have learned the lessons of their defeat - which means that more battles lie ahead.

House Speaker John Boehner was not being honest Wednesday when he explained the GOP surrender by saying, "We fought the good fight; we just didn't win." This was not a good fight. Republicans picked an objective that was never realistic - forcing Obama to nullify the Affordable Care Act, his biggest achievement - and tactics that ...